Truss.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905. F. SERIO.

TRUSS APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1905.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED A STATES FRANCESCO SERIO, on NEW YORK, N.

TRUSS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed March 22, 1905. 7 Serial to. 261384.

To aZZ whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCESCO SERIO, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses, of which the following isaspecification.

My invention relates to trusses for the treatment of hernia; and the object in view is to provide means by which a pad or pads may be adjusted in order to regulate the pressure on the body.

Further objects of the invention are to enable the pad to be adjusted from outside the clothing of the wearer, to so construct and arrangethe parts that the clothing will not catch in the truss, and thereby interfere with the adjustment of the pad, and to simplify and cheapen the construction.

My improved truss employs a spring band having one end offset and extended to form an arm at one side of the spring and in substantially the same vertical plane therewith. On this arm is swiveled a pad and with the pad and the arm is combined means for looking or holding the pad at different radial positions on the arm. Said locking means consists of a disk-like member provided with serra tions or teeth, a plate having eyes disposed to fit loosely on the arms and engage with the respective sides of the member, a lockinglever pivotally supported by the plate or the pad, and a spring for holding the lever in enllgagement with a tooth of the disk-like mem- Reference is to be .had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

wherein like characters of reference are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a truss constructed in accordance with my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sectional views taken on the planes indicated by the dotted lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of Fig. 1. .Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4: of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is an elevation showing my truss equipped with two of the adjustable pads.

A designates a body-band, which is made, preferably, of spring metal, although any other suitable material may be employed. This body-band is offset at one end, as indicated at 0;, and from this offset portion extends a short' arm a, said arm being located below the plane of the bodyband A and forming practically an extension or continuation I thereof. The arm a is preferably circular in cross-section, as shown by Figs. 2 and 3, and, the free end portion of said arm is fashioned, as at a for the purpose of receiving a buckle B,'the latter being adapted to cooperate with a strap C, one end of said strap being attached in a suitable way to the otherwise free end of the body-band.

On the arm a of the body-band is a fixed member D, the same being in the form -of a disk, which is provided with a smooth edge d and with a plurality of teeth or serrations (Z'. (See Fig. 3.) The disk is made fast or rigid with the arm at a suitable pointbetween.

the offset a and the enlarged end a for the buckle. V

E designates a pad which may be made of wood, rubber, celluloid, orany other suitable material, and this pad has pivotal connection with the arm a of the body-band, so that it may be adjusted to different radial positions with respect to said arm. As shown, th Dad is provided with a chambere and with a recess e. In this recess 6 of the pad is arranged a metallic plate F, said plate being flush with one sideor face of the pad and secured removably thereto by appropriate fastening means, such as the screw f. The plate is provided with a longitudinal slot f and at the upper edge of the plate it is furthermore provided with loops oreyes f, the latter being disposed on the respective sides of the slot f. Said loops or eyes are bent around the arm a, so as to fit loosely on a part of the bodyband and connect the pad E pivotally thereto. The loops or eyes are disposed on the respective sides of the member D, the latter being received within the slot f, and these loops or eyes serve to not only pivotally attach the pad to the arm a, but they hold the pad from displacement edgewise on the arm, because the loops or eyes have engagement with the member D, which prevents any sliding movement of the pad, although said pad is free to turn on the arm a. I

' Within the chamber e of the pad is arranged a suitable casing-G, the same being attached in the suitable way to the plate F, although the casing may be secured in or to the pad E. Within this casing is arranged a locking-lever H, which is fulcrumed at a point intermediate of its length by a pin h, attached to the sides of the casing. The lever lies within the slot f, substantially flush with the plate F, and the short arm of this lever is curved to produee a pawl e, the latter being adapted for engagement with either of the teeth d of the member D. The long arm of this lever H is provided in a suitable way with a push-piece j, the same being represented by Fig. 3 in the form of a button that protrudes beyond the side of the pad, although any suitable form of push-piece may be provided at the free end of the lever. The leveris normally placed in one direction by a spring J, whieh is housed within the casing Gr, said spring being shown by Fig. 3 as acting against the free end of the lever H in a way to force the nose or pawl '5 into engagement with the toothed member G. Any suitable form of spring, however, may be used.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings I have shown my truss equipped with two of the pads E E and for this purpose the arm a of the bodyband is made somewhat longer than the construction shown by Fig. 1, wherein a single pad is used. The pads are constructed as heretoforedescribed, and each carries a lever H, adapted to cooperate with the suitable locking member D for the purpose of individ ually holding the pads in their adjusted locked positions.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the toothed member D is substantially flush with the loops or eyes f 2 of the pad, thus arranging the parts to prevent them from catching the clothing. The pad may be adjusted to any required position in order to exert pressure on the body, and said pad is locked in its adjusted position by the engagement of the pawl 1; with the member D. If it is required to relax the pressure, the operator can push on the button j from outside the clothing, thus releasing the pawl t'from the toothed member and permitting the pad to turn a limited distance, whereupon the spring J again forces the pawl into engagement with a tooth of the member l).

Changes in the form, size, proportion, and minor details in construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or-sacrifieing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such alterations and modifications as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a truss, a body-band, a toothed member rigid therewith, a pad having pivotal connection with the band, a lever arranged flush with the pad, one arm of said lever being adapted for engagement with the member and the other arm having a protuberant push member, and a spring acting on the lever.

52. In a truss, a body-band, a toothed member thereon, a recessed pad, a slotted plate flush with the pad and having eyes fitted loosely on the band, a lever pivoted to the plate and arranged flush with the slotted part thereof, and a spring in the recess of the pad.

3. In a truss, a body-band, a locking member thereon, a pad provided with a recess, means connecting the pad pivotally with the body-band, a locking-lever occupying the recess in the pa d, substantially flush therewith, and pivoted on said pad, said lever being engaged at one end with the locking member and free at its other end, and a spring housed in the recess and acting against the lever.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCESCO SEltlO.

Witnesses:

PHILIP S. SAITTA, DOROTHY I. DISTLER. 

